Prior Art Search
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Professional Answers: Quickly, Reliably and Efficiently
Our comprehensive prior art search services leverage MaxVal’s expert staff of analysts, engineers, and patent attorneys, who have 500+ collective years of IP experience, combined with all the leading data resources other vendors don’t have access to. MaxVal’s customizable reports can include:
- A complete history of our search process and strategy
- A short-list of references manually categorized and ranked for relevancy
- Tables highlighting relevant citations from the references
- Analytical charts and graphs to help you communicate with stakeholders
- Intuitive indicators of which inventive key features are disclosed, partially disclosed or undisclosed

Search Offerings
Our Search and Analytics team uses standardized and creative procedures along with their domain expertise to provide you with the following prior art search reports:

Patentability
We identify the boundaries of the invention that is claimed. We improve your chances with the patent examiner and save you prosecution costs.

Invalidation
Our invalidity searches help you defend against complaints, improve your leverage in negotiations and arm you for PTAB trials.

State-of-the-Art
These search results will help you generate ideas, fine-tune patent strategy, evaluate licensing opportunities and identify alternatives.

Freedom-to-Operate
Our well-researched FTO reports help you avoid costly infringement proceedings and product release delays.

Infringement Search and Evidence of Use (EoU) Studies
We work with patent owners and their attorneys to identify use cases and specific products that infringe on their patents, and document the potential infringement in EoU charts.
The world’s leading organizations and law firms trust us to manage their IP Service requirements














Why Trust Us?

Accuracy - Dedicated domain experts

Interactivity - Client involvement throughout the search process

Dependability - Proven track record of delivering on time and within budget

Verifiability - Auditable processes and results

Cost Effectiveness - Leverage our proprietary in-house tools

Customizability - Reports and formats tailored to meet client needs
Assisting Leading Global Organizations And Law Firms Throughout The IP Lifecycle
We enable corporations and law firms to turn ideas into strategically and financially valuable assets.
Customizable IP services to address challenges throughout the IP lifecycle
Trusted by the world's most innovative corporates and law firms for their IP needs
Finest team of experts for reliable execution, fast turnaround times, and cost-effective results
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